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VOLUME XXIX. v CAPE HAY CITY, SEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1536. i r - f

1ape PA.A.V CITY. n_ j. $ 1 .50 a year "in Advance. Tnrfrtilenal Cards. j b. huffman, atn>rx*y *Mfi minciei.Lmt at law . eoLtrrm*. vawnnt jtxn trxAMtSER I r~> auraan oorar nowMmuxBH. al Cap- «.j cur c.bj lie run -»ibc;»ui. gr x.j»nci^s?. attobxe t-at1aw xo "reniTW«afIUi,CERV Hr^ri«XlARKow.s, j' a t to r ket-a t-l a w ^msucttor ix cbaxi-ekv, " , T)R. J.>rLRAMTNG~ft BOK," df. nttsts, V^VMW ■SSTtn'w-lnlilliT* »™m" , MaTOocsvJtorss— Tasrvltjasae Satjame8~m. et iflldreth^ attorneyTat-law ; eourrroR. m after »xd ftamixgp ix \ txerrfht v. edmunds. , JJERHERT

ATTORNEi-.AT-I.AW, AOaCTTOR AKD »»«TB(U cnawcrrt UOwnm Hos*». Toewla.a oat Prl.taja. J)B. JAMES H. INGRAM, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, obrbx creck. x. t. A Ml tapfilr or Irak Aup roaatanllv on bin J. JJENBY M. BOYD, ATTORNEY AT-LAW CONVEYANCER, TRUST ruxiv. m.watw "x daxp FOB ixntxTMincT. K*|» North JIB Mnr a, flHMMpDI* . XT ART FffBLlC. tll-J -J^EU ifefTO W XSEXri, AOEST ithberlaxii MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CXX oo*vt««ioxEn or pietw. 'w~ " ' .p. h„ cmn n-w«. x.J. I-v. j^LFRED FLANDERS COUNSELLOR- AT-L AW, mb. its Market fires* imm fear, csnnex. y. J. op— 1*1 'xr&SZSi **' se?S"'7ro" n"'"v' i1*1' '--'wr.N.^l., f HSfnrss Cards. JfJNOH R. WILLIAMS ARCHITECT AND BUILDER, wm, make drawings. akp sitebix IP»*P mnnriiMrT. ol-WR-sl WwMnrnn ftp* hat, x.j j ^ B. LITTI.E, AINTER AND GLAZIER. ' S~hRGAKS AND SEWING HA KJ OaiXBL B. F. HORNER, PIAM QB6AKS & SEWING MACHINES , BRtDORTUX. X. J.

5?i^«y. J>A***«pS?1" Q.O To" GARRISON'S STATIONERY, AKD STOEE VARIETY ' PX'R^O^LP PBNA^ILAXK HOOKS. TOILET | cheap uhrartxf. 1 miniature boatr^barrractmrii ox ( 8xw1ko machine^ needles amd oil a ' nwarhixotox gtrkkt.r-afk mat. x. j. r Soardinfl Stmsrs. \y««T JERSEY HOTEL," ( OamxARnMiM liiMRm, campex. b. j. T.JT. MOUNT Jtppown.. I ■JHE BAY YIEW HOUSE, nncan poixt. cap* may do, * i PALMER HOUSE, rooms large axp well n-rxibhkp. .ju * "" """ ""* ' - - s PATENTS.

9Krdiral. Loss and Cain. • -"3S «v My doctor pronounced me cured. but I r. *n! *lck sr. In. with terrihk paint In rnv wrm5aaas,ihirT5rswr Could Dot morn : I shrunk ! From 228 lb* lo lJD: I had been duofiring lor my Iltrr. but It did mr nogrod. ■ 1 did not eipecf to lire morn than three month* I tpjpin to or Hop Bitter* Dine* Jy Biy apprftteseturned, my pain. - irfi mr. my emire ryucrn Kemrd morMrd a> If hy mieic. and aftrr aainy wrml Imt- * but -"'to'ai.0?/ Ih^ri'd " brto^T. finp Biilrr* 1 own rpy life." Dublin June 0. 81. R. Fitkp.tsics. Nruralirta. fnualr iraublra. fBr rraraln lU nrou Inrrilrlr .Bel rsrnnialini; onnNo medicine or doctor could glre mr rrnr? nr enrr noili I used ilop Butcra. " The flrsl bailie Nearly cuird mr The Hxrmd made me ai well and Mrong I a. Man a rbilrj, j " And I hare brn» to thi. day." My botlrud ^tarslid lur larcn y " Kidnrr. beer and urirrary oomplaial. "PrnDOUDcad by Raton', too phyrl ci»n.~ " Incnrabie Srrrn bottles of your bittrr* cured him and! know of the "Lirle of rifbl person." i In my oeiehlnrtiond tli.I have born mritl by your bitters. And many more are uMag them with great benefit. ! SS&P -Urt. K. J> tilack • How to Gar Sick. — Etpim? yuurseif day and nrgbt : eat too niu.'ii without exerctw; work too hard without rest : doc. , all tbrtlmc: lake all the silr niasrumi ' adrmiaed. and tbea you will want p. know Aow Ur frt mrU. wbirh la anawrred e ' to three words— Take Hop Bitten I

ORANGES AND FLORIDA "And. enter among IKr Urlmsp wblei ar. eanent <1l."a». a yield tnlHantloo. Ikaerasrd t tneeaarof a delicate an.1 drsp-p«io eoorit mTae la a mat slue April is, USE same and afrrtnr prepar^on. BBdcr tSr Banae .'f Ulagri: I. .od argtiteer l.fetoilapanatit flarieing lagrrc. ta at.tBepSiota o?wSrwnppen '*™1X dn-m r^.to.^^oeo.1 AlBe.wyi'54'n 'f ' ^^V^ROTH^P^'aToS'r^T1?: I • Capr ^ay Co. »mlunls. ' pj- SCHELLENGER, I.KdisI tne old plam br tBp BUr Oak Tnr on ' Uir eerurr. In the nlUgr or 1 UHEEX CREEK. CAPE "MAT COVHTT. i WBare Be teepa In Poll Bum of 1 DEI (KffiS PROTEUS ; JAMES H. SCHELLENGER, OBESH CREEeTTaP# MAT 00, j AND CURED MEATS, ' POULTHY ASP KtKiA ' lnw-r Owsstr and Sea. id < 1 "Fr'^jSKr, . ; . t~j ' "pnOMAS ERRICSOX-S MEW STURE AT OKEBX CREEK. t GROCERIES, PROVISIONS. . PET POODS. TKIUXISOX. NOTIONS Lkef S Mont nMUi Wear ■ 1. w i JOHN M. RUSSELL^ ' « OEXEEII. DEALER IB t ; DRY GOODS. GROCERIES, FLOUH AND FEED. ' PATENT MEtllCIXES. ' PORK, LARD, HAMS, SEEDS, Ac. f . JlHIX M. RUSSELL, • fcrld aprtng. ttspe May ob- k. j. •, C. PRICES' STORES, " *" ^ «: Pkam ar. CAPE MAT «TTT. : GROCERIES, DRY 096OS ff! SOTIKfl i .

Twenty-four, O'clock. I Beard by cuascr tBe atranrrar thing; | Twrn «m to paa«. tie psoplr lay. J ' V u,t rooTgrrre m- eotu a moeaj. j Well breakfast Urs at 1. saarpi Wk.tod.ntMt I went ketp harp On wtkgre .111 h, Bo'xck. I TBo' Ikts eid world at taM Baa found Pear Ear. BtagBr yon Bass tortot f"| Our wedding, rweo'j Jr»re age. T.tjir'e neer flows oo mlgMJ fart. Per. Wife, wfee had to And al tart ! , Our Maud, who'd like to sleep till 1.000. | Rot When yoang Lrnn centra hem to can. 1 Ana Be PsbetM^rM, , *sor.gusnysthalIpattro. | Pear Foe. this thing la yenaln aorr | TV saw folk, learnedly amy apeak | Me-re toil the world ImpraSB w»h age i 1: Dor skip al lasfhas reached a dues ,k- _ W here Change to all thing, b the gangriT ' ! . Prom the mtbdelphia CalL , , "Dno't you think." remark e.1 Sirs Bol- 1 r linn, aruling hernetf in a new Eaciakc , I chair, "that sfirr the mini of tnt.noy we

' hasr spent In our tiller, there is still . v something lacking',' "You are right alrwit that." answered , ' Mr. Bullion, "and I think I know what ' " the Utiubk la Wilb ail our fine fnrnl- * turc and brick lirurk, and ticb things the , *. tuaybc. you see wbrre Ahe* lack comes in!" * "Oiwdorss gracioui.' so I do. Why. , 't we're forg.tt all about the picture." , "Jra' so. What we want is paintings u — oil paintings. 1 saw apme ad remised . " t i-day for aalr at auction, and It'a mighty , ' lucky are thought of it in time, for ibrar . r. artist fellows are mighty high toord about e prke*, you know." | " "But in tbla a good time to buy?". 0 "Couldn't be better, my dear. Tbey , d are all painted in oil, the adrenlsemtnl j r says so, and I an by another part of the , '' pa pur that oil da cheaper than It hat been . '' for a year paaL I'll rush down tutd grab , .. the bull It*." , n 1 • " . Tho Fraudulant Weather Bureau. | 1 A colored gentleman sought the signal 1 f officer and said: "Got a little businns , ■ furyer. 1 wants a pension an' I wauls 1 >> you tergin me Ibe paper." , , "I hare nothing to do with h." } "Ain't yer the man that baa charge of c I "Yea" 01°m" - J = "Wall, yer's de tnsn 1 KanU. I iiaa , ' bum crippled and wants a pension, "sides t - dal I nerds it powerful.; 1 was blosrrd , "TIk gorernment tloea not grant pen- | aions in such cases •' t "Wall, de storm was In de guber'tscnt . : an' I'se a cltixro." ' "That makes no differrnoe." , "Den dis 'stablishment of yourto is a | ; fraud, sab. Go op dar and lake down , | your fluttering wheel burinem an' quit de- „ ■ eel hen the oollud folks. It takes a man ^ snloog to understand dis Newnited Stairs j ' dst he'll die with old age lur be gels | I nutbln' oaten IL"— Arksosaw. TrmtOtr. c On. Mawtta.— "Mamma." said a pretty ' retrtiog an Intcresiing article tw the wear. ' of the hair among Japanese women 0 1 and Its significance." • What does It asy?" "Well, among other things it says mot* * | be read from the arrangement of a j

"I think it ia different in Ambries," interrupted the mother. "Abey, daughter; I should say Judg- ' tog from The way yon looked after Henry ' went away last night, that much may Ik read in the die-arrangement of a woman's A couple of gamblers, alio had hern 1 tossed high in the air by a railroad colli.-. 1 i"U, came down pceuy close Pgelber 1 The doctor examined them and then left Ihetn to cuosule each other. 1 "How long did be gire you to lire?" I askrd one in a faint Tulcc. 1 "Ten minute*. " moaned the other. 1 "How long hare you got?" 1 "Twenty," replied the first. "I are t you ten and raise it that root*. Want tn < Phy?" i "Make it fire apiecr, and arc s>Ui bare : enough ft* Jack-pot!" mad the poor feb 1 low rolled bit face to the ground and gate • I The other day a grocer sold an old ■ faroicr a gaUuo U tar through mistake . for uulaMsa. Altar discurering the mis- t take he waited to bear some complaint, 1 Ixwriag uooe wrote iw the old fellow, , whu .Uplkd aa fo-mwe: "Much obliged f, the c'recahutt bol it come to late, aa ; t all the stuff is door sopped up. Wlfeabe ! , that there was aulhtn' outrn fix 1 with the 'lames, but I 'lowed ahe must be 1 pttgcriM." 1 , A rvnaunant keeper lately ireei red a ^ call from a dealer, who ofleted him aume - ■auperb rabtats at a reiy low price. "Hyou j ta»« Ilftu 10 OK lur nothing." replied the , them." "Why u.8?" "llrcau*- the dar ' -r-.jw :

The Mystery of the Metropolitan j Oiirer Harper. Id the latter part of April. ItfTS, I went j to the Metropilllah hue! in New York. | ! which Is sltas'ed al the corner of Tlmad- • way and I'rinee street, and traa asrirned i to room "SU." This room fronted un : Frince street and was about ten-bet wide j by fifteen lung with an alcorc fur the bed adjoining the main ball, erblle a narrow ; ball led from the main hall to the mini by j the aide of- the atoee. I am particular ' i in describing the room because it bat a direct bearing upon the story 1 shall reMate. The room has but one window, and. be- ! ! fble Uiat la l be fireplace, and both together ■ | take np the entire wall space. An tdd- ; fashioned bureau stood by the window on ■ 1 the left hand on entering the room. A i stationary wash-aland, with a movable gat : ■ burner shore, was placed v bctw'ten the 1 bureau and the door leading Into the liuie I balL A rather faded Brussels carpet cor. rrrd the floor, and a small oval marble- ; 1 topped table stood in the centre ol tlje 1 j rs en A couple of taay chain and two 1 j p'aln chairs also stood about. On the . 1 ; right hand tide of the mora was a war.1. ^ 1 ' nfce near the loot of the bed, just outside jj ! the alcare, and betweeu that and the fire- j1; j place wasVdoungc. This completed the , 1 j furnishing of the room. > 1 bail arrived from a railroad jounry 1 t end was very tired, hut in superb health. ' : 1 never was one likely to indulge In vis- • 1 stoat; and I wish it distinctly untlrtetood 1 j that I am not a Spiritualist, ami do not . ! relieve In spiritual manifesto! inns la any ' 8 »»)'. I relate what iJIHe to say just t.r 1 J happened, leaving Hie cxplank t., . ' any one who can explain it. j I arrived, as I say, and was given thi* : I 1 bad rniy dinner served ia the ! room, sad sat there until nearly midnight < writing letters, and then calling the bell- I writing letters, and then eatnng toe »u-

• boy and giving him the letters, i doped ' sod locked the outer bail door, and llitn < the inner one, and after linking al several ' photographs of friends. 1 left them and ■ my writing materials on the table, and ' went to lied, Aral assuring myself that ' there was no possibility «f any one enterI ing the room by the window. There were ! . no rransnms, only a sort of window-hlind sUt-wurk over the bead rd the Ixd f'* air. I left the gas turned up slightly, and tlw 1 little table by the side of the stationary , 1 wa«h Hand, where I ti«d drawn it tor the sake of light, ( litre being no other burner ! in Ibe com. Being very . healtby, tired, and not trou. by a bad conscience or indigestion. 1 1 went to sleep almost as soon as I was cntnf. stably sell led in bed, and 1 do not know long 1 slept. Suddenly I woke and •at boll upright in bod. and aaw two nen 1 in the room. The light was bright, and ; 1 tbey were seated at the right band aidr of 1 the room at the foot of my bed. One was | on the sofa and the other on a chnir. and i Ibe Utile marble -lopped table between : tbrm. and on this table tbey were playing 1 euchre. I beard no words, but knew it i euchre, because I understand that 1 game falriy we", myself. He who was sitting, or rstber reclining, ' the sola was a delicate l arking man, 1 like one in poor health, and be was dressed 1 in a light suit of clntbcs. He had thin i reldith bair and. si raggling heard. His < forehead was unusually broad, and high, 1 sad the rest of his face was so thin tbst | the printed heard gave him a peculiar 1 look. His hands were long and thin, and | li'.s 1. ft wrist was misshapen, as If It bad I <oce been broken and badly set. 1 The other man jRRjkmi, dark, witb I piercing Mack eyes, aj*! eyebrows which I 8»mr.l to stand out straight. His hair I was straight and thick and very black ami 1 shining. His mustache was thick and t Afbec corner of the mouth— I can't remember srblcb— was a little scar t like a letter V in shape, and bis face and Ohio had that peculiar blue tinge that aosne t rlark men have when newly ahaved. He 1 was handsome, withal. He was dress d ) in dark clothing. They bad played out ■ hand and had played one Pick 00 the | next, when I noticed tbey seemed angry r and quarreling, though I beard no round. , and lo an instant the dark quickly I drew a knife and stabbed the other la the < left brreat. The knife penetrated to the 1 rerv hilt. He ahivernl a little Ma m. > very He

cliWed. and he was dead. Then the other one rose and lifted up the inert right ann and drew it forward, and rlaiped the baud around the handle of the knife, and pushed the table dnaei until II held the elbow of tire dead mkn is audi a position as would krep tbe arm from falling again. Then Ik gathered un tbe cards, put them Into his pocket, took up hta hah and in an inslant ibe whole scene had disappeared, and I fril lack in the bed and kaew no mure until morning. I might glre a long description ol my irrrar and wtwk up a thrilling tale, but as am simply narrating facts I must asy tbst I was not frightened. I was more surprised than anything else, and the whole traik place so sodden ly that I had not lime lo grl frightened nnlU ll was all over, and wbeo I awoke in the tnotnlrg bad almost paced from my mind, aa I thought It but a dream. But when 1 rose and went Into the roan I aaw the table stood by tbe side of the lounge and all my ■photographs and papers were 00 Ibe bu. read. St 111 I did not attach great Import, anoe to that, even, as I had walked in my sleep-some wbeo 1 was young, and in the of business Uk next day it went entirely outof my mind. t n a'. r%W I was roused in precisely the thing precisely. In the morning tbe table sto>d by tbe aula again, and all Ibe things [ that bad been -00 it were 00 Ibe bureau. ; This surprised me a-good deal, and I most ' confess in fcehag a Jitlie "crawly" ajpsut 1 i',- saill, much (ccupaliou during tbe tier ( The third erening I spent with amtc - friends, and returned about II o'clock, and aim. ft immediately retired to g.. through exactly the tame experience; and t then in rewl^y I bfgah tnfretUDCnmfortahlr ' an 1 not to Mr .boat goi.g !«i. I de- • tonainesltofir things ronotsdyoouh! move ( tut table.-! did not bebcree la supernatural agency and I took a rone that had been

1 ; around my trunk and tied that table fast lo Ibe leg of tbe bureau and lied more knots than I could hare untied In half an ,t i hour, piled some things oo the top and went tn bed. leaving the cms fully turned - ) 00. I awoke next morning after having I hesxt tbe wnsrilHog witness of it all again. 1 and tbe rope lay on tbe floor and all the e things with h. 1 i declared to myself that I would not r sleep in that room another night, though I r didnottbinksptritflhadaoythingtodowith r'u. ! called a chambermaid and asked her | t if ibe arnli nut sleep in tbe room with . - me. She said that It was against the rules : ; but ' that ahe would speak to the bouse- ' ■ keeper. So Katy did. and the hoturkcopcr \ r came down.- 1 bad a conversation with ; ■ Iter and askrd her if any one bad ever 1 Complained lo any way of that room. Btre . hesitated, sod finally said that a sick lady 1 bad one- Insisted no being changed to another room, but not did not offer any ex- • 1 planations. I did not either, but decided • not to gire up without one more trial- and \ this night 1 determined not to fall asleep t j at all, and so i sat up reading, or ratbiT ■ ' trying : > road, until nearly is, and tbeoJ : ; did 0 8 quite feci as though i wanted !" ■ j remain in the same room, and I desired as : j jnurli protection aa the alrore room would j gire, though there were bu: curtains to ^ . so 1 tat up in bed there for about ball an hour. All in aa instant the wb -lr thing was before me again, end i did fori romcwbatoptrer and chilly, but 1 watched the . the proetres of the whole tragedy again, and, as i decided, for tho last time. it tit ri^d. Adajns. the clerk', to come whrflicr i.^y murder had ever beets ctgn- ! mlltel ia that room, and be declared there 1 tm.tr but when 4 insisted on finding | out whether a tragedy of any kind had 1 enacted there, he admitted that once - - been enacted mere, be admitted that once

i a man had committed, suicide In that 1 He had been tick and was despond1 eat. and to had taken bis life. I 1 felt sure, then, and told him to. that I that man had been murdered, and under l just such circumstance aa I had seen. Mr. - Adams could not give the details of tbe ; ; position of the body of tbe supposed suiI cidc. I was then assigned to another room, ' and as king as J remained I saw 00 more ' of my ghostly rision. I promised Mr ' Adams ~\n ray nothing about it, not that r we believed jo ghosts, either of ua, but for the hotel's sake: and I went my way to - Europe after a few days, and I remained I there route year* On my return 1 simply • passed through Sew Yotk and bad almost ' forgotten tbe whole affair. After several I y Lara's resilience io America again, and 1 alter I raise ling the whole length and I breadth of our country twice, it is quite 1 natural In suppose that I should have for- > gotten all about it. One day I was writ I ing a very lively, sprightly letter, and 1 feeling in particularly good spirits, when ; all at .race I pushed asido the letter, and t a simple hirtury of that affair, just as it was, and mailed it to the New York Sun. , They took only time to verify what" tbey , could of the atory and published it. It ! made cnsitlerablc stir, and report era ris 1 the room and Interviewed Mr. Adams. 1 who admitted all that ia here told; and , ai'0 added that be felt positive that 1 was 1 perfectly sincere and honest, and a pan i- ■ cularly level-headed person, and ooe not I given 1 1 any of tbe fallacies of splriiaisl I and that be did not doubt that I aaw everything as 1 said. He had btd one or 1 pervoos-wbo desired toleavotberoom, be did not know why. He would not . afraid to sleep there, but never bad ; dime-au."Tbrn aereral persons wbo hail occupied that room began to be henrtl all rclatiog -different experience*, though none bad seen what I bad. A Catholic priest published an article relating to U, and accounting for it all by ' saying that be believed that lite man had murdered and that the assassin was 1 still liriog. and that aa a punishment for 1 his crime, he was obliged to enact it every 1 night in spirit while asleep, and Ibal it ■ a well known fact that ooe miod had influence over another to a greater or less 1 extent, and that bis mind daring its free 1 moment, bad forced mine to behold the

x Some of the newspapers suggested tbst n it was tbe gbnst of Tammany; others ded ridcd it Bill Tweed, and mm ridiculed d the whole affair". '' An Eoglilk sea captain alro published '' his experience while occupying that room 0 He bad hern playing cards with a friend. " and a bile at the little tahie there came an I" Invisible shower of heavy article* down '■ on tne table, aoallering Ibe cards right and " loft. ' Another man had had peculiar, but not startling experiences these. > Several years have pawed since that * tint*, and I had altncat forgotten that 1 y had ever written or area anything when a ' few muolha since Ibe wboht was brought ' to my mind by a strange and shocking ® incident. " I was walking along ooe of Ibe busiest at reels in New York, and si was very hot and I did not wish to get onnecesmrily e beared, when I became aware of an un. e ounlortatilc sensation, as if a cold band r was touching rac and leading me forward. A few step, farther look tne toward a lady . of graceful mien and figure, wbo was r stand me by the ride of a gentkmna whose * fire and figure erctnod jjmowiy familiar " to me. 1 caught his look, winch was fixed upon me, and be drew his lips baekTn tn c attempt to smile, which was ro ghastly a ' sight thai all wbo aaw it ahodderad, and , ^ then be fdfl tp tbe ground dead. Of oourae everything was done that , rootd be done to restore him, but useless. , ly, and the doctors said be died in a lit. 1 r was the 00 ly other womaa present, and, a* such. 1 felt It a duly to stay by the woman, who seemed to be stricken witb a (tail tr .If death- though ahe did not faint " or cry whro they raid be waadead.1 took , her hand and askrd her If ahe was able to f cive orders, and askrd what could be done . tor her. Sire replied wearily but simply. r "nothing." She would hare the body . taken to undstoaker*r and burkd from there n and she would so home.

1 I turned to go and gavo her my card, c saying thai F should be but too happy to be, n of service, and started out; but aa my eyes d felt upon tbe face of the dead man 1 law, 1 with a shuck that I fewr I shall never forg get. that It was the murderer or my vision. ' I. without sny shsdow of dntibL e The next dsy brought me s package by j post, in which wa> a pack of cards sod s 1 < slip of paper, on which was Written; "It j is all over town, and tbe nnbappy sight \ ti 1 you were foroed to witnem ha* wrought j r its result. Th- man you aaw die y ester. i 1 doy slew bis half brother foe a fancied j * wrong, the pretext or quarrel of cards [ - bring a subterfuge. A* soon as my bus. , 1 "anil knew that his brother had hot sup- 1 t planted him io his f albert affect kmi be r Iccame the victim of a remorse aa terrible ' as imagination coulj paint. His father r Iwcame almost a maniac when be heard - of bis younger son's supposed suicide, and - as mr husband dared not own himself a 1 murderer to that poor old father, he tuf. 1 fored such tort tics at 'you can imagine. ) He was a man of powerful wlll and could r control himself whHe awake, but as soon I ss he would elecp it seemed as if his will ' escaped from hit body and teemed to fly > through space, and no matter where we I were— and we traveled everywhere— be > would return lo spirit to Ibal fatal room. He told tne all, and I loved htm Veil t enough to love him Mill and to pity him : Infinitely, and of all be ever aaw. you and one other teaman were all to whom he ■ could ever show the tragedy plainly. He , has told me that rometimes in his baffled rage be would long to be there in body tn : Ik able to kill the sloeper. .Tint other woman died, and at last you made public : what convinced tbe father that his be- ■ aou bad not been' guilty of self. • destruction, but he never dreamed of aus- ; peering bis elder son, so that be died cooI lent. We were on our way to Savannah, where wc both were born. I send you e we both

t this lo thank you, aod to ask you to pub- - lleh it. as a true story which may work good among passionate ones who let unt reasoning anger and suspicion have their r sway. You will oof tee roe again. Be- . fore you receive this I- shall have joined e rny dear husband. Perhaps God will be ' - merciful to him in pity tor his suffering. Good-by." 0 The papers next day recorded the death t She wai buried from Ibe mnoey found on r her person. At the same time the corpse 1 of the strange man was alro buried by I tbe undertaker. It was a sad and untat ; isfactory ending to this singular mystery, t in which I was unwillingly made an actor. ] If anyone can cxplalo how such a thing ' 1 oould be I should be glad to know it. In I the meantime I assure such persons as may 1 r read this that every word written in thi* . story is actually true, aa far as I am concrroed, and as for tbe rest, I believe it. I though I cannot understand it. , At The Gate Beautiful. I t ^ The time of gtvleg gifts is near at ^ r cd to think upon? 1 Life, primarily a free and splendid gift ' to us, was meant to be. secondarily, a ' , benefit to men at large. Is tbe meaning ' I fulfilled? How much of the wealth ot ! 1 being do we give to those abrni us? "But I am very poor." says one. "I 1 am not rich In anything tbe world needs 1 Others can bestow of their endowments. ' 1 or of what they have acquired, but I ' - must ooly be a recipient. 1 have nothing to give." 80 might those disciples have I talked, who chanced upio that help leas t I roan who wailed hy the Gate Beautiful I They have no money, and he was there I for alma;They might have made a arenfr , , ingly reasonable t xcttee, and left blm un- , helped. They might bare said lo him "We. t ton, are penniless;" and he would not , . expected a farthing. ( I "Silver and gold wc have 000c," tbey > , declared, "but such as wc fatve wc gin 1 unto thee. In the name of Jesus Christ t or Nszareth rite up and walk." Was not 1 their gift of the very best aod most valu- , I ble? And baring it in their power to be t 1 how ro generously, would any excuse 1 suffice for them to withhold Up bestow- i ing? 1 "SvcAasve hare" — herein iiea the re. . os tee

, cret of it all In our poverty we have . ret sometbiog which some wayfarer j need* At many a Gate Beautiful lice a waiUng ooe, whose life we may make | *hJWeak. are we. and unable to work el. fectlvely lu and of ourselves? So were ' those disciple* But there is a hint for us in. their declarative oommadd»^«flti , the name of Jesus Christ of Nixaretb," t they did what tbey did, aod gave what , tbey ga^ Io Christ! name we also mutt J work anfl^ive. If, aa real disciples, we , aland al tbe Gate Beautifnl, we shall fail , i not in giving, for the spirit will be ours. , aod to us will be given tbe meant. Are we daily pawing by any waiting souls! 1 Then a truer discipleship is needed. Are wc all our life-long withholding What men 1 1 want In niisUkennera of-teTflab greed? 1 1 Then, by-aod-hyc. from us will he taken 1 ' that which we have, and It shall be given 1 j to him wbo bath 00C 1 Embroidery. ' fcrasoa. , " Embroidery la worn 00 everything and j : any kind ia used. eccentric or usual, though , r tbe success of the designs aod work de- < 1 peurit 00 ibe combination and arrange- , 1 inent of colon and tenure, and ro much | ' may be done with remnants aod odds and { ' ends of rich material for children, at little coal, that we do not wonder at the t wrakoess of mothers wishing to see their I ■ link ones beautifully dressed; yet ex- 1 I travagancelc tlyk and material is apt to < 1 t — ~ — 7' I A patent medicine advertisement reads: t 1 "Fifty dollars reward to any ooe who will 1 > produce a case of liver complaint that our : Utters will not cure." This generous offer . will undoubtedly nccasioo great rivalry 1 r among the leading producer* of liver 00m- 1 r plaint, and stimulate tbem to ivuewed rx- I emtio* J- Lowell Cit/aro. <

I, J - jhn Croat Flakq entmtk.^ 1 I bpeclal currgapuMeaee ol Uk NeWs. '■ j liiiacx. N. V., December, 5. r" Ithaca lies at the fool of Ckyuga lake J- j in a flat meadpw. Il is surrounded _ by I high hills; on_ the one -just east of town y j tornell University legally sits. These hills are piereed here and tlKre by streams ;t j which, in course of. tiny. Usre cut pici j turesquc gorges or canons for themieJve* 1 I Ithaca gorge, about a mile from lown, is d j the Cascadilla creek; nssr the brad are •j. three lovely cascade called the Trip Hammflrd^lls, then it Iraqis bu 1 dances. rushes end rosra down through the romber gorge ' with its rocky wails towering nine hunc dred feet, until al last il plunge* K iiunr dred and fifty feet into the valley, where. J it rooo subsides into a quiet well-behaved 1 stream. Walklna Glen, al the foot of ' Lake Keuka, s. jne twenty or thirty miles " weat from here, it the longest and probe- • biy tbe finest of these gorges or git n*. 1 Two years ago Mr*. Mcliraw Fiske 1 died; of consumption. Site was the ' daughter of llcGtaiJ. the great lumber r king of the West, aud inherited from him r a fortune of about five million dollar* 5 The townspeople speak of her, as a swt-et ' cultured lady, generous with her money and loved by all around her, and of her 1 father all a shrewd, bardflsted, energetic 1 man. He had been »CI> liberal In bis f gifts and bequests to Cornell University r and so was she. About two years before 1 her death, she mareicd'Pxcf. Fiske, of the ' University, lie was profeesor of lanr guagea and librarian and a widely-known : Unguis! and scholar. ax rsoocci'ixD ruiix' SEortly Mler Ibis maniage tbey started ' to build u home. It ia silui'id near the University on a commanding and beautiful spot and ia built in an elegant and cx- ' tensive manner. It is estimated to .bare

' coat nearly a half 4*mRlion, and there is ' still a full year's work to be done. The . design waa lo have three lodges al the various entrances to the ground* and I large stable* It was to be fashioned somewhat 00 the model of Eughsb . refined influence for the University. In their travels abroad Mr. and Mr* Fiske | purchased for it statues, mediaeval, Italian and Spanish tapestry, antique furniture, oriental rugs and bric-a-brar. , Tbe ruga alone cost between two or three hundred thousand, and this house, with in rat all its auperb furnishings, which was to be tbe Ideal home of wealth and culture, stays unfinished and nnoccupktd , rave hy a aecranl to take ore of iL By | Mr* Flake's will, after generous bequests relatives, friends aod arrranta and thnv , hundred thousand to her husband, the Whole estate was kit to tbe Unlaeralty, un mention beiDg made of the honk. Many persons consider this an oversight and she intended tJ Isarc It to bcr busband. Tbe papers lately have been filled witb reports that Pro!. Flake was trying to break hit wile's will, aod bad already begun suit. This is n« so. There is no suit to break Lcr will. There is a suit to make tbe executor, Judge' Board man. return an itemixrd account of bis management of the estate. Ills final report lumped everything together and bis critics ray Ibal strict business would require an inventory and estimates ol the variou* properties, and tbe monies paid out apt! . received. Tbe trait has not been abused. . at present notblnf can be told. Mr. Fiske is now in Europe, and' a little he! ore he kfl Mr. Bacon, bit former secretary and now on tbe Eitnira Sunday Telegram, finding out by law Cornell ' could not bold more than a certain amount of property, and that, therefore, the University oould not receive tfak bequest, or all of it, made out the necessary papers to lest this point at law, and, after considerabk persuasion, obtained Prof. signature to tbem, but tbe suit not been begun, and will not be until the other is tell led. The Professor is a , man of let ten and does not care for the or money and only lo be let alone pursue bit beloved (tudie* He is now Florence or Vienna making np bis collectioc of Pelracblan books aod manu- - script* aod before be rrtorm intends vis.

r Ring Denmark to complete his Icekndic r collectinc. 1 Io ooe respect be was treated rather : tudfy by tbe iostiuition. Before his wife's death abe gave two hundred thousand to ■ Cornell Library with the verbal under r s'aodiog that as her husband was librarr ian be should carry oat bis own wishes as I to the purchase of books. But after ber death the librarian discovered that hr c raid not as much buy a ten cent pamph1 let without the consent of a committee. I rainy with lib view*. Indignant al this , and state other thing* be sent in hie rn- • ignalion, but il waa not accpted.and there Cornell admits women on the nsnw 1 aa men. About twenty per cenL of ' the students are young ladies. They have 1 the M me coarse of study and professors 1 and dasae* work in the same moons and subject to the same requirements and 'be same examination* They have s donnilorr, Bag* College, exclusively to themselves, but they can board elsewhere il they like. A gymnasium is at their disposal, but lira alMndaoce 00 it is nut compulsory aa with tbe boy* Tbe plan terms to work well. Cornell is prospernow. It baa a large number of MuWhik arrangement, were being made ' for a party In bomervllle, a few evenings | a young lady present innocently in1 quired: "Is tbe invitation to embrace tbe young ladles?" "Oh, no." replied a young num. "tbe gentlemen will attend to IbaL" , And now tbe young lady wonder* what the young man roeaoL — Sornervllk Jour. I al \ "What are you going lo do when you are a man?" asked a gentleman of a four- . old toddier.'After a moment of deep \ . thought: "Well. 1 guess I'D be the falh- , of rome other little boy."

" Foot -Squaexlng" the Baby." A shoe dealer says that mothers rain 7, 1 theit children's fret through vanity. "One will bring the baby and ask me to try * ' | pair of shoes that wHl lock "real sweet- ' j i know what thai means, lint I'm always rn sorry for the vlwby. wbo isj usually ia its K first drew, and 1* rkiuiah aa any young coll about bariote her feet meddled with i doot ray that Bam going to putvaboa on it a site brp.tl than the foot seems to '' *, but I do: at least I get it on as well as "* any ooe could fit a fool operated by a n perpetual motion poorer. Then I trust lo ° tbe mother's sense for result* Hit lithe ' btst baby she will 1* indignant, and aay a" sloppy io its shoes.' They must fit ex- ° sctiy or she won't lake tbem. 1 Insist that ^ tbe ehild'a weight will posh the foot out ' at kail a fourth of an inch, and that the a tbne Is Insl right. If abe objects again, I 1 giKOp, and find what the wants. Tbe foot Is squeezed into a tight shoe, and the toby protests by squalling. , She sayi the seraph is teething, or colicky, or hasn't ' bad its usual nap, and to she shakes it vjg. L! orously, while declaring the shoes are just lively,' and that its papa will be delighted. *' The chances arc that when ahe wants an1 "t hflr pair she will leave tbe baby at home ' and bring down its shoes literally boratcd ' out at the toe. Sbo wants several pairs to !r take home for trial and I notice that tbe only ones 1 consider unsuitable are the ; pair the prefera. Children would bare 1 iKtter-looking feet if tbey had wiser moth- " cr* and Ibe fault lies in tbe firat shoes worn. One pair too abort will rein tbe jtrny be, after Uic little- people bare laid s foundation for corns and bunion* I know many children between 2 and 3 years wbo hare both these afflictions because their mothers want tbem to look l" cute,' as they term Ibis phrase of foolcute, they this phrase 01 toot-

ThaLawofSex. v An Eogiish author, Mr. G. R. Stark1 weather thinks he has discovered a great J "law of sex," of which the London A the. > loieuin gives this summary: If the bus. I band is superior to tbe wife the family will J 0 insist mostly of girl* and vice vera* 1 Dark complexion is superior Co light dark . plants and 1 rves arc the moat hardy, and r dark burses the best. A square forehead - and prominent veins are "superior;" a ! large prominent eye ( which "indicates con - • venations! powers")ia Uk reverse. But the • le st indication of superiority is a large and - prominent nose. Roman or aquiline, full a 1 third of Ibe kntgti of the facr. Philosophers, lawyer* editor* poeta, > literary men. and brain workers generally ' have a large excess of daughter* Wioo : merchants, uvern-keeper* small retail . draler* orators, physician* and musicians have a preponderance of boy* Clergymen 1 appear just to struggle through tbe ordeal - without Incurring tbe stigma of inferiority I tx-lng equally Intelligent, sober, aod moral wilb tbeir wirrs, and producing an equal number of bova and girl* Of course, for the stability of the new < law it becomes necessary to show that musician* medical men and orators are nferior. Accordingly the firat an lymphatic, tbe second are made rather than ' born to tbeir profession (and tbe moat distinguished as an exception have large > families of daughters), and mere public 1 *peakers do not possess "tbe highest order of faculties or intellect," whlk in most of tbem "the base of the brain will be found lo predominate over tbe superior portion.' Tbe frool door 0! a business office on Griswold street stood open yesterday and seemed to invite strangers to enter, and ' tbe owner was therefore not surprised ' when a man of dilapidated look walked • in and took a seat. When asked to state ' his errand be hitched his chair a little nearer anil asked: "Are you willing to give mc a little advice*" "Well. I guess so, " was the reply. "You see, the case is thi*" continued 1 the nun hitching still nearer. "Up lo six months ago 1 was rich. By series of misfortunes 1 have lost every dollar. What you Id you term such 1 case? How would you refer to It?" "Well, if it was me 1 should refer to U •■wen, 11 it was 1 suoum reier to 11

" as 'My late misfortune.' " c "That's good but very common. Everybody has misfortunes, and plenty of r people have had late misfortune* I ' wanted lo strike something original. n "You might say you were down Uta banks," suggested the citizen. 'That's old, loo, aod besides my wife * couldn't make use of the term. When a ' Itcnk agent cal led at my door abe couldn't r say ahe waa unable to purchase his work ' because are were 'down In tbe bank*" • No, 00. Wc are an educated family, but - awful bard up at present." 1 "You tnigbt state that 'owing to recent ' unsuccessful speculation*' and 10 forth.', '' "Yea, but that's dreadful old. We all spcculalo, aod we all lose. Now suppose : that a big gun was comiog to my house to 1 one:? I'd make the best spread I could. ' 1 bare bread aod water aod bread and ' and pickled beets and knives and 1 knives and forks and water and napkins ' and so on. but yet I fed a bit cast down, ' and as we sit down I rise and make some 1 tori ol apology to my friend. I don't want to tell him the exact truth, and yet r I want to account for so much water aod ' So little butler. Now, what would yon ' ray uoder these circumstance# ?*' The dllxeo leaned hack, knit his brow* ' aod after a minute replied: •Well, I think I should aay: 'Mr. Filkin* you will please pardoo the meagerI nret'uf this spread, but our being re- " -Reduced iu circu instances'— thai 's What I want— that's the term I was look- ■ Ing fori' shouted the stranger aa be junp- ' ed from hlschmlr. "Never mind Filkina— ; never mind the rest of the speech: Roduced in circumstaooes Is what ails aw and what I want to get off al grocers and bonk agent* GotxLday— good-bye!"— Detroit Free Prtee. Butcher— "I cannot accept thai trade , dollar, madam; It's not a legal tender." futomer— "Ob, yoe needn't pnt on any ' airs about that trade dollar : It's at legal tender as your beef ta."